Buoyant attachment for ships.



V. MINGOIA. BUOYANT ATTACHMENT F 0R SHIPS.

I APPLICATION FILED DEC. 181 1915- I 1,188,301. I Patented June 20, 1916.

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VINGENZO 'MINGOIA, OF WEST TAMPA, FLORIDA,

BUOYANT ATTACHMENT FOR SHIPS.

Specification of Letters ram P t t J ne 20, 191

Application filed December 18, 1915. Serial No. 67,629.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that L'VINonNzo MINGOIA, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Vest Tampa, in the county of Hillsborough and State of Florida, have invented new and useful Improvements in Buoyant Attachments for Ships, of which the following is a specification. r

The invention relates to a buoyant attachment for ships, and more particularly to the class of floating wings for ships, vessels or the like.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a buoyant attachment or floating wings for ships, vessels or the like wherein thesame will be sustained afloat in event of collision, the striking of a mine or iceberg or should the hull of the ship, vessel or the like become otherwise pierced or broken, thereby saving the lives of the crew and passengers, and in this manner minimizing the possibility of the sinking of the ship,

Another object of the invention is the provision of a buoyant attachment or floating wings which are mounted in the body of the ship in a novel manner so that the same can be extended outwardly beyond the side walls of the ship, vessel or the like with despatch should the said ship, vessel or the like spring a leak by striking a mine or'being torpedoed, whereby the buoyant attachment or wing will sustain the ship, vessel or the like afloat to prevent sinking thereof irrespective of the damage thereto.

A further object of the invention is the provision of .a buoyant attachment or floating wings wherein the same are of novel construction to permit the arranging thereof within the body of the ship, vessel or the like to be carried thereby for emergency to assure safety to the crew and passengers when at sea.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of an attachment of this character which is extremely simple in construction thoroughly reliable and eflicient in operation, strong, durable .and inexpensive of manufacture.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combination of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the claim hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a shipshowing the attachment constructed in accordance with the invention applied; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the ship; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the floating wings extended for sustaining the ship afloat; Fig. 4 is a sectional View on the line 44 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse sectional view.

Similar reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings in detail, A

designates the body of the ship, vessel or the like, which is of any ordinary well known construction, and is formed in opposite sides thereof between the bow and stern with longitudinally disposed openings 10 which are located in a plane elevated above the water line of the body A of the ship, vessel or the like.

The buoyant attachment comprises a pair of buoyant sections or wings 11 which are of a length in correspondence with the length of the slots or openings 10 in the sides of the body between guides 01, and these sec tions or wings .are supported within the said body in a horizontal plane in alinement with the slots or openings 10 so as to be extended therethrough without the body A beyond the sides thereof for contact with the surface of the water in event that the body A of the ship, vessel or the like has been pierced or broken by contact with an iceberg, a mine or other destructible object so that the ship, vessel or the like will be sustained afloat irrespective of the damage to the body A thereof resulting in leakage or the water entering the same, which would otherwise cause the sinking of the ship.

Each section or wing 11 has mounted therein near its inner corners perpendicular stop pins 12 which limitthe outward movement of the sections or wings 11 when extended as the pins 12 engage with the inner slots 12 in the guides a in the body A of the ship, vessel or the like above and below the slotsor so that it will be impossible for the sections or wings 11 to become separated from the body A when they are extended for sustaining the ship, vessel or the like afloat in a body of water after being damaged which results in the leakage of the said ship, vessel or the like Each section or wing 11 can be varied in length and width to accord with the requirements of the tonnage or weight of the ship, vessel or the like to assure the buoyancy thereof should the same spring a leak when traveling in a body of water. The sections or wings 11 are normally positioned within the body A of the ship, vessel or the like and the same can be pushed or otherwise moved outwardly to extended position for serving as floats to ride upon the surface of the water when the body A of the ship, vessel or the like has become lowered in the water beyond the water line thereof for sustaining the ship, vessel or the like afloat. These sectionsor wings 11 can be made of any suitable buoyant material.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the .accompanying drawings, the construction and manner of operation of the invention will be readily understood and a more extended explanation has, therefore, been omitted.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim: a

The combination with a ships hull having elongated openings above the water line thereof in opposite sides, of spaced top and bottom horizontal guides within the hull and having slots, buoyant elements of a length in accordance with the openings normally held within the hull for sliding movement between the guides and adapted to be projected through said openings, and pins carried by the buoyant elements and engaged in the slots to hold the same connected with the hull and to limit the outward and inward movements of said element.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VINCENZO MINGOIA.

Witnesses FRANCESCO COSTIGLIO, PIETRo GIORGIANNI.

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